… Studies from 10 different countries were integrated in this narrative synthesis, and pathways
of access to care are likely to have impacted which patients were included in the studies. …

… General practitioners have overall responsibility for community care, including towards end
of life. Current policy places generalists at the centre of palliative care provision. However, …

… The definition or measure of frailty was accounted for in the narrative synthesis. Studies
were included where participants were identified as nearing end of life or where palliative care …

… Synthesis We conducted a narrative synthesis of the selected studies. A narrative synthesis
is commonly used to synthesise evidence from studies that are heterogenous in design and …

… We conducted a systematic review with narrative synthesis15 of original evidence on …
caregivers in palliative care, pertaining to their preferences for care and decision-making in care. …

… palliative care models of service delivery through a systematic review and narrative synthesis…
Study quality was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool; a narrative synthesis …

… a narrative synthesis because this brings broad knowledge from a variety of methodologies
and approaches together. We followed the guidance of Popay et al. to narrative synthesis to …

… understandings about palliative care consumers and carers in palliative care leadership, …
, we defined the palliative care sector as including not only specialist palliative care but also …

… narrative synthesis undertaken. Three key themes were identified: (1) ‘Significance of death
and dying’: all papers found that junior doctors care … providing palliative and end-of-life care; …

… a multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care intervention showed statistically significant …
, quality of life), resource use and costs of care. Benefit was not seen in studies with a single …